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Latest News in Telecommunications

  • July 29, 2026

    Patent Co. IP Suit Against Amazon Should Go On, Judge Says

    A Texas federal magistrate judge has recommended denying Amazon's motion for a win on standing grounds in a lawsuit asserting software network patents, finding that even though the inventors of those patents worked for different companies when they conceived the intellectual property, Edge Networking Systems LLC could assert them.

  • July 29, 2026

    Nexstar Says Tegna Board Members Don't Violate Injunction

    Nexstar Media Group told a California federal court that Tegna remains independent, despite concerns from DirecTV and a coalition of states that the companies violated an injunction preventing them from merging fully when Nexstar took over Tegna's board.

  • July 29, 2026

    Calif. Dems Pressure FCC To Drop ABC Station Probe

    More than two dozen California House Democrats have come together to tell the Federal Communications Commission to abandon its review of the license of an ABC station in the Golden State, saying there's no chance the agency launched the probe in good faith.

  • July 29, 2026

    Crack Down On States Neglecting Pole Regs, FCC Told

    States have to actually make pole attachment rules if they want to take control of such regulations themselves, a telecom trade group told the FCC, which is currently mulling putting new rules in place for states that want to claw back control through so-called reverse preemption.

  • July 29, 2026

    '96 Telecom Act Needs Overhaul To Cut Regs, Think Tank Says

    A free-market-oriented think tank called Wednesday for a legislative redo of the 1996 Telecommunications Act in order to slash regulations tied to outdated technologies and adjust the industry's regulatory regime to new market conditions.

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